City of Vice (Seventh Section Threats Judge)

  Yu Fei was accompanying Wen Qian for a stroll, the two of them walking on the pedestrian street like ordinary people. Wen Qian actually wanted to buy many things, she rarely had time to go out and stroll around, especially after getting to know Yu Fei, and with the local situation being unstable, she didn't dare to run around randomly. She was just about to enter a specialty store to look at clothes when Yu Fei took out his phone to make a call.

  Yu Fei went into the store's restroom to take the call so as not to disturb Wen Qian's good mood while strolling, "Alright, you can talk now, what's going on? I'm on vacation today."

  "You still have time to rest, you're not a workaholic, but can you come to my house to check the scene? Someone shot at my house." Chen Jiayang sat on the sofa making a phone call. Yu Fei said: "You can first report to the police and let them go to the scene. The military police don't have specialized criminal investigation experts, our unit is very small, we can only solve some simple cases, we're not gods of detection."

  "Aren't you being irresponsible?" Chen Jiayang said with some dissatisfaction.

  "So what do you want me to do, send someone to protect you? We don't have enough manpower and the Ministry of National Defense doesn't approve us using private security. I could find a few people to go with you, but who would pay for it? If you're not in a hurry, just wait a bit longer. Anyway, I'm on vacation now, so I can arrange something myself." Yu Fei wanted to use the judge but didn't want to get too close, lest others say they were colluding. In fact, Yu Fei had been making great efforts to avoid the law and prevent the suspect from seeing the judge.

  "Okay, I'll just wait at home." Chen Jiayang hung up the phone.

  Yu Fei walked out of the restroom and came to the sales area, Wen Qian asked: "Which one looks good?"

  "You look good in anything, I haven't bought you anything yet. If you like it, just buy it all, consider it a gift for meeting up." Yu Fei took out his credit card and was about to pay when Wen Qian said: "It's too expensive, I don't want to buy it. If my monthly expenses exceed my income, the internal affairs investigation department of our agency will take notice. Let's try another store."

  Yu Fei continued to patiently accompany Wen Qian shopping, and when she was tired, they returned to the car. Yu Fei then drove straight to the judge's house. Wen Qian looked at the clothes she had bought and felt quite satisfied, so she started thinking about where to have lunch. She asked Yu Fei: "What do you want to eat for lunch? I'll treat you, you choose the place."

  "Do we have to? I eat at restaurants every day when I'm on patrol, and the food is always good. You can choose where we go, but let's take a walk around first before eating. Are you not hungry?" Yu Fei continued driving, and Wen Qian asked: "Where are we going to look first?"

  "The judge's house, she asked me to go there, I try not to have private contact with the judge, so as not to be suspected of bribing him. I don't want someone to say that I bribed a judge." Yu Fei shifted into high gear and sped towards the suburbs, the scenery in the distance was very beautiful, amidst a green lawn stood a beautiful villa.

  The car drove directly to the villa entrance, and Yu Fei got out of the car with Wen Qian following him into the villa. The villa door was open, and Chen Jiafang sat on the sofa looking at the broken TV. When she saw Yu Fei arrive, she said: "I haven't touched anything at the scene, take a look yourself."

  Yu Fei, despite being on vacation, still had a pair of white gloves in his pocket. He crouched beside the TV wreckage and observed that it was an ultra-large screen LCD TV mounted on the wall. The thin TV was hit by bullets, which seemed quite fresh. It appeared that the shooter's marksmanship was not bad. "The shot was very accurate, it was done by a professional. Even if he had changed positions to shoot me, I would have been splattered with blood on the spot."

  "Has the alarm gone off?" Wen Qian asked Chen Jiafang.

  Chen Jiayang had seen Wen Qian, and Wen Qian was sitting in the audience seat. She guessed that Wen Qian was Yu Fei's girlfriend, and she felt a little disappointed. However, after thinking about it carefully, she thought that Yu Fei finding her was quite suitable. At least they were both colleagues, wearing uniforms to catch thieves, and being together didn't have to worry about not having common language. They were also around the same age, and there was nothing inappropriate about them being together.

  "No need to call the police, they can't handle this kind of case. The clearance rate for street theft and robbery is so low, reporting it would just be a waste of police resources." Chen Jiayang was still somewhat dissatisfied with Wen Qian. If she hadn't been there, maybe she could have had some alone time to talk to Yu Fei, but now she was being bothered in her own home.

  "It's better not to report it, I don't need to ask the police for investigation rights. I couldn't find the bullet head and can't confirm the type of gun, it's a case without a lead. I've never handled such cases, only those with clear suspects and evidence are what I handle. For example, searching for weapons and drugs in cars, or going to nightclubs and casinos, arresting all those who carry guns, hide drugs, and take drugs, that's very simple. I'm not a detective, I can only do so much, it's embarrassing. What I've been doing is draining the sewage of Lion City, exposing the stones underwater, catching all those who have committed crimes, and improving public security. There won't be new cases to deal with, then we can handle the unsolved ones. Finally, it will be a peaceful day, judges always don't want to give suspects heavy sentences, hoping they'll come out soon, and let the world not be in peace. This is not directed at you, but said to those people, however, you can advise your colleagues to do more good for taxpayers, and release fewer thieves. Thieves are poisonous snakes, if you save them, they will still bite you. You take their money, they will still hate you." Yu Fei finished speaking, took off his gloves, and left the judge's villa.

  Wen Qian chose a Western restaurant, and Yu Fei followed her in. As soon as they sat down, Wen Qian didn't order food, but instead shooed the waiter away and started saying: "Every time you eat, you always misuse your wine glass. I've discovered that you don't even know how to use a knife and fork. You pick up any old knife - fish knife, meat knife, dinner knife, butter knife, fruit knife - and use it from start to finish. Sometimes you're not satisfied with the speed of the knife, so you pull out your dagger. It's really embarrassing. When drinking wine, you don't even distinguish between glasses. The tall, thin one is a champagne flute, designed to slow down the bubbles. Red and white wine both have their own special glasses - red wine has Bordeaux, Burgundy, and all-purpose glasses. You've never used the right one once. Your favorite drink is brandy, but you never use a brandy glass. When eating fish, you should use a fish fork, and when eating shrimp, there's a special shrimp fork. Can't you just be a bit more proper? Otherwise, people will laugh at us."

  "Can you all stand a little further away while I'm eating? It's not good to watch me eat, don't look at me. Bring over a beer mug." Yu Fei didn't listen and continued with his usual crude way of drinking, always using a beer mug to pour cognac. When the waiter wouldn't give it to him, he would use a large water glass to pour wine, and then slowly drink from a small cup - what a hassle! The reason those people designed small cups for drinking cognac is because they can't handle their liquor.

  "You still don't listen?" Wen Qian pretended to be unhappy.

  "Don't be in a hurry, I'll tell you slowly. I used to work as a waiter in a French restaurant, actually I can do everything, but I don't want others to know. Besides, my friends are few, there's no need to be so polite in front of them. Look at Wu Junwen and the others, they're all the same. The people I know are similar to me, we've all worked in places like this and been trained by our bosses to listen obediently like a grandson. We don't like to talk about elegance, you can see what we do. Like last time in the restaurant when someone was attacked, it's very normal. If you're lucky, you can still eat another meal, if not, then there's nothing to eat. So every time I don't like those trivial rules. Okay, let's not talk about this. Actually, you don't know, I can make everything on the menu. In the future when I'm not busy with official duties, I'll cook a dish for you to eat every day." Yu Fei explained the reason and didn't need to sit here eating like a wooden puppet following rules.

  "So that's how it is, no wonder the people you know are all so unruly." Wen Qian understood and didn't force him. With such great pressure on him, she let him find opportunities to relax a bit. She took the menu and tried her best to order dishes she had never eaten before. Since he didn't like eating according to rules, she also didn't need to be so tired. Was it okay to just dig in and eat?

  "It's getting easier to hand over things." Xuhuaiqing sat opposite Wujunwen, who said: "This is the yacht I just rented. Want to come aboard and stay for a few days? And there's also a helicopter. Wherever you want to go sightseeing, I can take you. Lately, I haven't had much to do, so I'll be your driver."

  Nothing to do, I guess he will soon find something for me to do, I know what he wants me to do, everything is ready, and I can do it at any time as he says. Xu Huaiqing's cooperation with Yu Fei was brief but very smooth, Yu Fei wanted him to do everything he did.

  "Let's see, what does he want you to do next."

  Everyone has to pay the price for what they have done, he has almost caught all the thieves, you are holding at least nearly ten thousand people, these are just professional criminals, they make a living by committing crimes, some people don't need to commit crimes to live a good life, such as judges, prosecutors and police officers, they can use their power to let those bastards go, for example, the discretionary power of judges, they can sentence others to seven or ten years, the more money you have, the less time you spend in prison, police are the same, they can use insufficient evidence to release people, in fact, insufficient evidence is what they choose to ignore or intentionally destroy, prosecutors can issue non-prosecution decisions to make a fortune, they were bribed and still able to restrain the police, for reviewing prosecution cases, they can submit supplementary investigation opinions, and then drag the case on, they disregard the lives of the victims, can't they see the dirty money in their wallets? Although several lawyers have died, are all the lawyers who helped thieves escape legal sanctions dead? Are all the police in the city voluntarily handing over the stolen goods to surrender? Things here are far from over, the anti-crime work has only done a small part, their protective umbrella is still there, the warm bed for crime is still there. Xu Huaqing indeed guessed what Yu Fei was thinking, Yu Fei giving himself a holiday was just to relax and prepare for more intense work.

  "Your analysis makes sense, it seems my business can only get bigger and better, eventually the whole city will be locked up in prison, this is just too good to be true. But investigating police corruption is dangerous, they have guns and can legally fight with the police, which has been my dream for years, I'll be prepared, cheers to our business." Wu Junwen raised his glass filled with brandy to celebrate his bright future.